| Additional Information |
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| Publication | March 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils: Charles Biro (signed) | Inks: Charles Biro (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Clay Fogelman |
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| Comic Story | Clay Fogelman Meanest Man of Crime (12 pages) |
| Featuring | A True Crime Story |
| Credits | Pencils: George Tuska (signed) | Inks: George Tuska (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Mr. Crime (host) |
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| Letters Page | Mother Knows Best! (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: George Tuska (illustration) | Inks: George Tuska (illustration) |
| Notes | Letters from Moms (Mrs. Alfred Johnson, Mrs. Nellie Smith, Mrs. Gloria Bishop, Mrs. Helen Daidone, and Mrs. F.M. Farley) promoting the Crime Does Not Pay comic. |
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| Comic Story | The Rise and Fall of Johnny "Socks" Lazia King of the Alky Rackets (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story is told of the rise of Johnny Lazia, a bad egg from the time of his youth to the over-throw of Baron Bentley, taking over racket after racket, then dying at the hands of the Baron in revenge. |
| Featuring | A True Crime Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Dan Barry | Inks: Dan Barry |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Crime | Characters: Mr. Lee (supervisor of a reformatory); Johnny "Socks" Lazia (villain); Hank (villain); Reynolds (villain); Crumbs (villain); Baron Bentley (villain); Linda (villain, the Baron's girl, death); Monte Rogers (villain, death); Broda (villain); Georgie (villain); Griff (villain); Riley (villain); Sam (villain); Joe Trumper (villain, lawyer) |
| Notes | Bill Black confirms the pencils are by Barry, so ? removed. |
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| Featuring | On the Level |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Crime |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Text Story | Killers' Payoff (2.67 pages) |
| Featuring | A True Crime Story |
| Credits | Pencils: George Tuska (illustrations) | Inks: George Tuska (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Credits | Script: Bob Moore | Pencils: Bob Moore | Inks: Bob Moore |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Who Murdered Beautiful Mary Lawson? (5 pages) |
| Featuring | A True Crime Story Who Dunnit? |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Featuring | What's On Your Mind? |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Letters from Mrs. Virginia Terranova, William Ferrari, D.B., Frank Conroy, Mrs. Marie Roberson, George S., and Lester Martin. |
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| Comic Story | The Electric Chair and the Murderess (9 pages) |
| Featuring | A True Crime Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Kida | Inks: Bob Fujitani |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Art ID from reprint. |
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| Featuring | This'll Kill You |
| Credits | Script: Bert Bushell; Bob Moore | Pencils: Bert Bushell; Bob Moore | Inks: Bert Bushell; Bob Moore |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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